No able to view my header?

Hi,

i am been passed onto to do finish of a website for a client, and currently working on updated code from a colleague of mine, right now i have a header stored called top_menu.php which is being called in my index.php file BUT when the page is displayed i’m not seeing the header:


&#65279;<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Welcome to Free2learn LTD</title>

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="css/control.css"/>
<link rel="icon" href="images/Free2learn-favicon2.ico" type="images">

<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.3.1.min.js"></script>	
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="js/jquery.dropdownPlain.js"></script>


</head>
<body>
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="header">
			<ul id="breadcrumbs-nav">
                <li><a href="accessibility.html">Accessibility</a></li>
                <li><a href="site=map.html">Site Map</a></li>
 		 		<li><a href="jobs.html">Jobs</a></li>
  				<li class="last"><a href="contact-us.html">Find US</a></li>
			</ul>
	<p><a href="index.php"><img src="images/logos/Logo.png"  alt="Free2learn Logo" /></a></p>
	<div id="search">
		   <form action="http://www.free2learn.eu/Search-Result.html" id="cse-search-box">
<div>
    				   <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="007197844040554752670:6x2nidux6ve" />
    				   <input type="hidden" name="cof" value="FORID:10" />
    				   <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="UTF-8" />
    				   <input type="text" name="q" size="20" />
    				   <input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search" />
		     </div>
	      </form>
				      <script type="text/javascript" src=""></script>
    </div><!-- end search div -->
	<div class="tel-number"><img src="images/telephone_number.png" alt="Free2learn Phone Number 0208 525 9430"/></div>
    <!--end number -->
    
  </div><!--end header-->

  <div id="main-container">
<?
$name= "index";
 include ("top_menu.php")?>
    <div id="top-image">
	  <img src="images/flash_banner1.jpg" width="960" height="277" alt="Free2learn Flash banner, We are Free2learn - Enrol, train and go" />
	</div><!--end top image-->

	<div class="welcome-messge">
	  <h1>Welcome to Free2learn</h1>
    		<p>If you’re here to start training, find a job, offer a placement or to invest in a successful partnership you’ve come to the right place!</p>
	  <p>You see, here at Free2Learn we believe that there’s a right place for everyone, and through our bespoke process we’ll be guiding you from course training all the way to finding a job.  </p>
	  <p>We’re here to make your life easier, help you find the right path and take your career further. </p>
	</div><!--end welcome-message-->

			<div class="training-course-button">
			<p><img src="images/home/training_courses_button.png" alt="View training course title image - please click on click here below" /></p>
			<p class="click"><a href="applicants/training-courses.html">Click Here</a></p>
		  </div>
			<div class="course-finder"><img src="images/home/course_finder_background.png"  alt="course finder image" />
			<div class="scoller">
				<form name="jumpmenu" id="jumpmenu" action="">
				<select name="jump" onchange="MM_jumpMenu('parent',this,0)">
				<option selected="selected" value="#">Please select our courses</option>
				<option value="applicants/training-courses.html">Security</option>
				<option value="#">Contruction</option>	
				<option value="#">Retail</option>
				<option value="#">Hospitality</option>
				<option value="#">Customer Service</option>
				<option value="#">Health Care</option>
				<option value="#">Apprenticeships</option>
				</select>
				</form>
			</div><!-- end scoller-->
		  </div><!--end course-finder-->
			<div class="applicants"><a href="applicants.html" title="Click here" >
    		<img src="images/home/Applicants thumbnail.jpg" width="308" height="332" alt="Applicants section image - click here for more detail"/></a></div>
			<div class="employers"><a href="employers.html" title="Click here" >
	<img src="images/home/employers_thumbnail.jpg" width="308" height="332" alt="Employers section image - click here for more detail" /></a></div>
			<div class="partners"><a href="partners.html" title="Click here" >
    		<img src="images/home/partners_thumbnail.jpg" width="307" height="330" alt="Partners section image - click here for more detail" /></a></div>
  </div><!--end main-container -->


  
  <? 
  include ("logo.php"); 
  include ("footer.php");
  
  ?><!--end footer-->

</div> <!--end wrapper -->


</body>
</html>

 

top_menu.php



  <div id="menu">
	<ul class="dropdown">
        <?
			
			if ($name=="index")
			{ 
			
			?>
		 <li><a class="current"> Home </a></li>
			<? }
			else 
			{
			
			?>
			<li><a href="index.php"> Home </a></li>
        <? }	
			?>
			<li><a href="applicants.php">Applicants</a>
        		<ul class="sub_menu">
        			 <li><a href="applicants.html">Information for Applicants</a></li>
        			 <li><a href="applicants_fld/training-courses.php">Training Courses</a></li>
        			 <li><a href="applicants_fld/enrolment-info.php">Enrolment Information</a></li>
        			 <li><a href="applicants_fld/benefit-of-work.php">Benefits of Working</a></li>
        			 <li><a href="applicants_fld/improve-career-prospects.php">Improving Career Prospects</a></li>
        			 <li><a href="applicants_fld/career-advice.php">Career Advice</a></li>
        			 <li><a href="applicants_fld/success-stories.php">Success Stories</a></li>
        		</ul>
        	</li>
        	<li><a href="#">Employers</a>
        		<ul class="sub_menu">
        			 <li><a href="#">Information for Employers</a></li>
        			 <li><a href="#">Training Courses</a></li>
        			 <li><a href="#">Enrolment Information</a></li>
        		</ul>
        	</li>
        			
        	<li><a href="#">Partners</a>
        		<ul class="sub_menu">
        			 <li><a href="#">Information for Partners</a></li>
        			 <li><a href="#">Training Courses</a></li>
        			 <li><a href="#">Enrolment Information</a></li>
        		</ul>
        	</li>
        	<li><a href="#">About us</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Contact us</a></li>
        </ul>
   </div>

can somebody tell me why i can’t seem to see the header? My colleague is using something similar to WAMP but he’s not sure the name. I on the other hand is usign WAMP and i have 1 more friend who is using a similar 1 but they are both able to see the header. Why can’t i??

Is this a server issue?

If it is not only the case of top_menu.php include, I suspect that the short tags are off in php.ini. Is everything else PHP script working? Try setting display_errors ON otherwise.

Hi yes, my friend who gave me the files, does actually use the short-hand code but on my php.ini i’ve turned it on to recognise that. However, it is normally best to have <?php … ?> instead of <? … ?> in this case so i’ve told the guy to try and use this way.

Thanks guys.